There will be no criminal charges brought against the bystander who shot and killed a guy who was assaulting a Florida sheriff’s deputy.
According to the Daily Mail, Ashad Russell has been officially cleared by the State Attorney’s Office.
When Russell, 35, witnessed Edward Strother assaulting Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy First Class Dean Bardes on Interstate 75, he intervened to save the deputy.
Strother had been stopped by bardes for speeding. After that, Strother, 53, allegedly attacked Bardes, hitting him repeatedly and pinned him to the asphalt.
When Russell got out of his car to assist, he was armed and had a concealed weapons license. Apparently knowing that Russell was armed, Bardes gave him the order to shoot Strother.
Strother was repeatedly told to get off Barnes, but Russell killed him by shooting him three times in the neck.
